HBO has released a new poster for the upcoming second season of the hit fantasy series Game of Thrones. Check out the poster in full after the jump.

The second season ofGame of Thrones is expected to focus on the events in “A Clash of Kings”, George R.R. Martin’s second book in the fantasy series “A Song of Ice and Fire”. Season two premieres Sunday, April 1 at 9 p.m.

HBO has announced that the second season of the hit fantasy drama series Game of Thrones will premiere on April 1, 2012. The show’s second season will mirror the first in that it will run over the course of 10 episodes.